Paper receptacle



(No Modem f o. H. HICKS. l y. PAPER RBGEPTAGLB. l Na, 381,134. Patented Apr. y17, 1888'.

To all whom it may concern.-

oLivEn H. tiroirs, or CHICAGO, ILLINois.

PAPER RECEPTACLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.381,134, dated April 17, 188,8. I Application tiled February 3. 1888. Serial No.`262.933. (No model.) v l Beit known that I, OLIVER H. HIcKs, a citizen of the United States, residing atY Ghi- -cago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Paper Receptacles, of which the fol-v lowing is a specification. l Y My inventi'onfrelates to an improvement in the class of receptacles commonlygformed of paper, and designed for only ephemeral use as a means forl carrying articles of merchandise either in liquid or solid form, though more especially the liquid; or, if the solid, especially such as may become liquid, like ice-cream, or part with its liquid while being carried, as

Y berries.

1 The aim of improvement in the present elass of articles, while it should tend to increase their effectiveness for use as receptacles shouldbe accomplished with a view vto affording a coms modity as cheap. as possible tothe consumer.

One source of increase in the expense of ,the article to the user is' the cost of shipment, any

decrease in Whichis desirable; and other things .being equal such receptacles as are capable of being shipped at the least expense are liable to meet with the most favor from `the public. To save room in shipment, these receptacles are commonly nested or sometimes packed'in knockdown condition.

i The object of my improvement is to provide n arecepta'cle of paper or of other material which for the purpose wouldbe au equivalent of paper, capable of beingreadily attened to occupybutsmallspaceinshipment,andas readily converted into a complete receptacle ready for use as suchl In the accompanying drawings,Figure l repi resents the blank havingthe creases necessary to produce' from itl the receptacle, or produced by forming-it intol the receptacle shown Yby receptacle B; or'the creases imaybeproduced'- tween the s idesgY and the base, while the cor-f ners o are creased obliquely,l as shown at'w, and,v

The creases denotedby the'sides Mare provided with converging 'creases y, whichextend from the junctions'otf i the creases r and r to the upper or outer edges of the side portions, q.-

To form the receptacle B from the blank',

the corners o Iare folded inward and towardv Ieach other at opposite ends ,of the blank, at f theirncreases as* shown,(or, if preferred," against the 'outer surfaces of thge'sides, both ways. being substantially the same,) to lie against opposite sides, as the sides q,"w,here theyare securedby any suitable means,-though preferably by means ,of the bails n, hereinafter provided with the creases y, which is essential, as will hereinafter be apparent. f 'if l To fold the receptacle or vreduce itl tov the bottom p by fallingdownupon their hinges,

afforded by thecreases r', andthe sides q and folded corners o Afold toward each other, producing the knockdown form illustnatedr` in ,y Y j!" Fig. 2. l

The bails a are preferably formed of wire,

In either case though a more iiexiblematerialsuch as string or tapes-may be used. The ends of thebaiils f i Y i are passed through thesides q and corners'o, andsecured, as shown in Fig. 3,(or only through,

the sides and folds ofthe corners immediately adjacent to the sides) thus securing the cor'- ners to the sidesvand affording means forear'- rying the receptacle, upon which, whenwcol-` lapsed, thebails may be caused to cross each other, as shown in Fig.'2. The springy naturel y i.

of wire bails also produces a tendency in the receptacle, when collapsed, to assume automatically its receptacleform when started fromits collapsed condition. Ifonly one bail n'beused, its ends should be passed through opposite sides near the'center of the receptacle, as indicatedV 70` described, if two bails be used'. This constructionbringsthe cornerso against thesides,`

75 A' i i knockdown condition desired for shipment,

by dotted lines in Fig. 3, when the corners 0 are secured to the sides against which they are folded by means independent of the bail.

What l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A receptacle comprising a single sheet of material folded to produce the base p, sides q and g, corners o, folded toward each other to 11e against two opposite sides, and oblique creases y on opposite sides of the receptacle, against which the corners lie, and converging from the corners toward the upper edges of the said sides, whereby, in collapsing the receptacle at the creases y, the portions of the sides on opposite sides of the said creases and against which the corners lie and the adjacent sides of the receptacle and the corners o fold toward each other, substantially as described.

2. A receptacle comprising a single sheet of material folded to produce the base p, sides q 2o and q', and corners o, folded toward each other 

